Ex-Seattle QB Matt Flynn could end up back where he started

Former Seahawks backup quarterback Matt Flynn, who lost the starting competition to rookie Russell Wilson in 2012 and is now unemployed after suiting up for two teams already this season, may end up back in the same place he was two years ago: Lambeau Field.

Matt Flynn, left, walks off the field next to Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy after the Seahawks beat the Packers on Sept. 24, 2012, in Seattle. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)

[Updated 4:20 p.m.:ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Monday evening that Flynn is signing with the Packers, completing his circle. The rest of this post has not been updated.]

Flynn, 28, became one of the hottest free-agent QBs (behind Peyton Manning) in the 2012 offseason, hot off a six-touchdown, 480-yard passing performance Jan. 1, 2012, as the Packers’ backup for Aaron Rodgers. Flynn lit up the Detroit Lions as Rodgers rested up for the playoffs, and the Seahawks were one of many teams to take notice.

Still looking for a franchise QB, Seattle signed Flynn to a three-year, $26 million contract with $10 million guaranteed. Fans were ecstatic to have a promising signal-caller back at CenturyLink Field — then the 2012 NFL Draft happened, the Seahawks selected Wilson 75th overall, and the rest is history.

Seattle traded Flynn to Oakland this past April in exchange for two late-round draft picks, and the Raiders soon named him their starter heading into the 2013 season. But once again, Flynn lost his starting job in the preseason to a rookie, this time to Terrelle Pryor out of Ohio State.

Flynn got one last chance to prove himself as a starter in Oakland on Sept. 29, when Pryor was down with a concussion and the Redskins came to town. Raiders fans were hopeful Flynn would bring promise and potential to Oakland’s continually struggling football team, but his poor performance (seven sacks, two fumbles and a pick-six) against Washington doused those dreams.

This is the closest Matt Flynn got to playing in Buffalo this season. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

Now, it seems Flynn may end up back in Green Bay.

The perennial bench-warmer is working out with the Packers on Monday, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and ESPN’s Ed Werder. Green Bay is in need of another quarterback now that both Rodgers and backup Seneca Wallace — another former Seattle clipboard-holder — have gone down in the Packers’ past two games.

Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone during the Pack’s opening drive Nov. 4 against the Bears, when he was sacked by defensive end Shea McClellin in Green Bay’s “Monday Night Football” loss to Chicago. Rodgers is expected to miss four to six weeks.

Wallace finished out that game, going 11-of-19 with 114 passing yards and an interception, as the Packers lost 27-20. He started again on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles, but injured his groin during Green Bay’s first possession. The Packers lost 27-13 at home as third-stringer Scott Tolzien took over under center.

After the loss, Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy named Tolzien the starter going forward, but clearly the Packers need more depth at quarterback. Enter Flynn, who may soon find himself wearing green and yellow gold again after a humbling two-year stretch as a rejected backup in Seattle, Oakland and Buffalo.